COACHING PROFILE

“Sheila is a professional singer — and a highly motivated coach. She enjoys seeing her students improve and make progress, which is definitely a driver for beginners like myself. She is very positive, listening and responding to your individual needs, goal and progress. Sheila will provide you with tools (exercises) that help you improve very quickly. Her techniques and her sweeping enthusiasm and passion for music will give you no other option than getting better every session.”Christian Deimel, business executive, Wien (Beginner Solo Singing Workshop, private lessons)

“Sheila has the ability to push you in unexpected directions. This is a rewarding experience that stimulates growth in underutilized areas and helps you to realize your full potential. She also creates a relaxed atmosphere where everybody is able to have fun while being focused at the same time Sheila is also good at challenging you musically and emotionally, which helps a lot in the transition from a good singer to a great performer.”Johannes Wl, IT Manager, gigging singer, Wien (Advanced Solo/Jazz Workshop, Advanced Intensive)

Sheila brings over 30 years of experience in musicianship and performance to her teaching and has taught a wide spectrum of people from various levels and backgrounds: from coaching professional singers in refining their skills to getting complete beginners out of the closet and onto the stage sounding like stars. Just as in her own singing, Sheila combines in her teaching the precision of a skilled veteran musician, with the lightness and heart of a passionate music lover. She is treasured among her students for enabling them to learn and to progress in a supportive, creative and playful environment while unleashing every bit of singing potential and confidence in each of them.

Sheila has taught workshops and master classes around Europe and America in countries, such as Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Canada and the United States. She has been a guest lecturer at numerous institutions of higher learning, including the University of Miami in Florida, Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, and was on faculty of the jazz vocal department at the Kunstüniversität, Graz in 2007/08.

Her own singing repertoire is over 300 standards, in addition to original songs and compositions. She has written over 50 quartet arrangements for herself on vocals and saxophone for her various bands. She has taught voice for over 15 years, and began teaching woodwinds and piano 30 years ago. Sheila worked professionally (vocals/saxophone/flute/piano) in many styles of music in New York City for over 20 years, in addition to her performing activities as an internationally-known jazz singer and saxophonist.

Since 2006 she has been based in Vienna, where she coaches vocals privately and teaches ongoing workshops in the center of the city, while continuing her international performing career.